Petrographic investigation of the provenance of pottery from Engaruka

Oteyo, Gilbert; Doherty, Chris

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“…However, despite the centrality of ceramics to almost any archaeology of the recent past, there are only a handful of studies in this region that examine production and technology using material science methodologies (e.g. Langdon and Robertshaw 1985;Grunderbeek et al 1982;Mercader et al 2000;Smith 2004;Oteyo and Doherty 2006). This continued omission from our eastern African methodological arsenal is perhaps particularly surprising given the interpretive insight and global impact that regional ethnoarchaeologies of ceramic production and technology have had.…”

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Archaeological ceramics from eastern Africa: past approaches and future directions

Ashley

Grillo

2015

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Ceramics are an essential part of the Holocene archaeology of eastern Africa and the development of increasingly complex typologies has rightly played a key role in our understanding of chronology and social identity. However, this focus on taxonomies can also be restrictive, as we lose sight of the communities who made and used the ceramics in our endless search to classify and re-classify ceramics. Focusing on ceramics from the Great Lakes and Rift Valley (Kansyore, Pastoral Neolithic and Urewe), we critique past approaches to ceramic analysis, and suggest future studies should better recognise their social role. We end with a case study of Kansyore ceramics, emphasising function and use.

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Section: Production To Use: a New Ceramic Ontology?mentioning

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Archaeological ceramics from eastern Africa: past approaches and future directions

Ashley

Grillo

2015

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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The Archaeological Potential for Reconstructing the History of Labor Relations in East Africa, c. 1500–1900

Lane

2014

Hist. Afr.

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Previous studies of past labor relations in different parts of Africa have relied almost entirely on documentary sources. While such records can provide valuable insights into the range of different labor categories that have existed and the relative proportions of the population involved, for much of the continent they are severely restricted in a temporal sense. Thus, for many areas suitable documentary materials covering the periods prior to 1850 are scarce; as is the case, for example, for much of East Africa. To extend scholarly understanding of the nature of labor relations prior to this date, alternative sources need to be utilized. This paper presents a brief overview of the potential scope for utilizing archaeological data, with specific reference to mainland Tanzania. The paper also highlights the many limitations of archaeological data and offers some thoughts on how these might be addressed from both a conceptual and methodological perspective. The paper concludes with an appeal for more studies oriented toward investigation of the archaeological remains of the last five hundred years and greater dialogue between the region's historians and archaeologists.Résumé : La littérature sur l'histoire des relations de travail dans de différents pays africains s'est basée presque entièrement sur des sources documentaires. Bien que ces données puissent certainement donner des éclaircissements par rapport aux différentes catégories de travail qui ont existé ainsi que sur les proportions des History in Africa , Volume 41 (2014), pp. 277-306 Paul J. Lane is Professor of Global Archaeology at Uppsala University. He is an archaeologist specialising in the later Holocene archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to Eastern Africa and Southern Africa. His research interests include the emergence of food production, the archaeology of pastoralism and landscape historical ecology. Current projects include a multi-sited archaeology of the nineteenth century ivory trade between East Africa, Europe and North America and its longer-term socio-ecological legacies.278 History in Africa populations impliquées, pour la plupart du continent l'information est très limitée en termes temporels. Ainsi, par rapport à de nombreuses régions, le matériel documentaire d'avant 1850 est limité; tel est le cas, par exemple, pour l'Afrique orientale. D'autres sources s'avèrent (ainsi) indispensables afin d'élargir la compréhension de la nature des relations de travail avant cette date. Cet article présente un aperçu du potentiel des données archéologiques, spécifiquement dans le cas de la Tanzanie continentale. En même temps, il illustre aussi les nombreuses contraintes liées à l'emploi des données archéologiques et propose quelques réflexions sur la manière dont celles-ci pourraient être adressées d'un point de vue conceptuel et méthodologique. L'article se conclut par un appel à orienter les études vers les données archéologiques des dernières cinq-cents années et prône pour un meilleur dialogue entre historiens et arché...

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Intensification in Context: Archaeological Approaches to Precolonial Field Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa

Stump

2010

African Studies

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Petrographic investigation of the provenance of pottery from Engaruka

Cited by 3 publications

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Archaeological ceramics from eastern Africa: past approaches and future directions

Archaeological ceramics from eastern Africa: past approaches and future directions

The Archaeological Potential for Reconstructing the History of Labor Relations in East Africa, c. 1500–1900

Intensification in Context: Archaeological Approaches to Precolonial Field Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa

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